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yew Series—Vol. Ill —No 17
STOLE HIS PANTS-
Burglar Enters Mr. H E. F- Jones'
House.
On Tuesday morning about two
o'clock some one entered the resi
dence of Mr. H. E. F. Jones
tbrpugh a window in his bed room
and carried off his pants, contain
ing three or four dollars, his keys
and other things usually carried in
the pants pocket.
A bright light was burning in
the room and Mr. Jones waked
up just in time to see the burglar
disappear out the wind nv w T ith the
oants, but did not see who it was.
Several small pieces of money
were found at the window where it
dropped out of the pockets.
Mr. Jones had a negro man ser
vant, and after investigating the
matter Policeman Henderson de
cided that he was the burglar, and
placed him in jail.
Burglaries have been quite fre
quent of late, but this is the only
.arrest which has been made.
Epworth League-
The increase in the number of
attendants and an interesting pro
gram, which was rendered at
the Epworth League last Friday
night, are evidence of a renewed
interest in that organization.
Two features of the program de
serve especial mention. The short
talk of Dr. Harris on “Reading
and Teaching Children to Read
Light Liter was excellent.
This “reading” is an evil too
often practiced by our young peo
ple, and one which all should co
operate to destroy.
The song so beautifully ren
dered by the Misses Bilbro revealed
talents of which they should in
deed be very proud.
SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
'Meeting Y. M. C. A. In Augusta.
February 20th—24th.
On account of the above occa
sion, the Atlauta & Birmingham
Air Line railway will sell round
trip tickets from points on its line
in Georgia to Augusta at a rate of
one-third fare, plus 25 cents, on
certificate plan.
W. L. Woodrow 7 ,
Division Passenger Agent.
Pill! oi lm
AND
Co!d Stirray Weather
Is pro'Tif'tPfl bv the Weather
Proznosticotor for
FEBRUARY
Dave ready for such emergencies
a box of
LAXACOLD,
a bottle ot
Syrup of White Pine&Tar
/
a bottle of
WORD’S PILLS
f
Just the things They are relia
ble remedies,
M.F.VORD
The Druggist.
THE NEWS AND COURANT.
THE ALTERNATIVE
ROAD LAW.
Recommended by the Grand Jury
at Last Session.
WORK OR COM MUTATION TAX
County Commissioners Have Juris
diction Over the Work
of the Roads.
Mr. Editor: I see trom the pre
sentments that the grand jury has
recommended the ‘‘Alternation
Road Law.”
This law is so framed that it goes
into effect upon the recommenda
tion of the grand jury and is, in the
same manner, repealed.
As so few people in the country
have access to a code or time and
inclination to hunt one, we thought
it would not be amiss to give this
law in a condensed form.
This law is as follows:
1. The county commissioners
have jurisdiction over roads in our
county.
2. All male citizens between
the ages of sixteen and fifty,
unless exempted by law, are subject
to road duty.
3. Through the recommenda
tion of this grand jury, each citi
zen, subject to road duty, will be
required to work five days or pay
$2.50 communtation tax.
4. The commissioners are
directed to levy a tax, additional to
any now authorized by law, of not
more than two-tenths of one per
cent on all the taxable property of
the county, the same to be known
as “Public Road Fund.” .This
money is to be used for working
improving and repairing the roads.
The tax on property amounts to
twenty cents on every hundred
dollars.
5. Section 576 states the man
ner by which the roads are to be
worked, (a) By using the chain
gang. composed of misdemeanor
convicts taken from any county in
the state without cost or for hire
and also those who do not pay the
commutation tax. These and the
convicts shall not. be worked to
gether.
(b) By employing free hired
labor and those who do not pay
commutation tax.
(c) By letting the roads out to
contractors, requiring them to use
the chaingang, if established, aud
those who do not pay commutation
tax.
(and) The commissioners may
combine all three of the above
methods, or adopt any method
deemed necessary to keep the roads
in good condition.
6. The commissioners are au
thorized to purchase ah machinery,
tools, etc., necessary and useful in
handling the chaingang.
7. The road officers are allowed
to expend the money belonging to
the public road fund in any man
ner they may deem proper to keep
the road in thorough condition and
repair.
8. The citizens of incorpoiated
towus are not required to work the
roads outside the corporate limits
or pay the commutation tax. But
by Section 575 these citizens are
required to pay the additional tax
on property which goes to the pub
lic road fund.
9. Section 580 provides that
those who fail or refuse to work
on the roads or pay the commuta
tion tax when legally notified and
summoned, unless good excuses
are rendered, shall be fined not less
than one dollar or more than five
dollars for each day they fail to
work, or be imprisoned in the com
mon jail, or sentenced to work on
the chain-gang for not more than
ninety days, at the discretion of
the authority trying the case. The
county commissioners will have
jurisdiction over such cases in this
county
-10. Defaulters may be sum
moned for trial or arrested by such
officers as the commissioners may
appoint, or by any lawful consta
ble of the county.
This is the law in brief as it ap
pears in the Code-
We are glad the chain-gang is 10
be put on the roads again. Be
sides protection to life aud prop
erty and general good government,
which all receive alike, we country
people get none of our tax money
back directly save that expended
on our toads and our schools. We
should be the last ones to kick at
any move which tends to upbuild
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 1904.
roads and schools. The towns
will be benefited too. The farm
er’s hauling is mainly to and from
town. What is to our interest is
to the interest of the business men
of our towns.
Let the commissioners fix the
roads permanently as they go,
treat every district in the county
fairly, not torget some of our re
mote country districts, and we will
all rejoice.
Respectfully,
Verner Vincent.
SAD DEATH IN AUGUSTA.
Elizabeth, Little Daughter of IVlr
and Mrs. H. J. Porter.
The Augusta Chrouicle of the
10th contains the following:
“Elizabeth, the beautiful little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ;H. J.
Porter, died yesterday morning at
5 o’clock, after a few days’ illness,
of pneumonia, aged three years
and seven months,
“The death of this unusually
bright and attractive child brings
with it a peculiar sorrow. With
her little twin sister, she was not
only the idol of a happy home,
into which the death angel had nev
er entered, but she was the pet of
a very large circle of loving neigh
bors.
“A few days ago the perfect pic
ture of health and childish beauty,
on Sunday she lay stricken with
pneumonia, suffering with mute
patience until just before dawn
yesterday morning her little spirit
was borne aloft ou angel wings to
adorn the throne of Him who said:
‘Suffer little children to come
unto me.’
“Mr. and Mrs. Porter have the
deep sympathy of numberless,
friends in this their first great be
reavement; while theirs also can
be the consolation that they have
still left to them in life a counter
part of the little one who has been
taken away.”
The friands of Mr. and Mrs.
Porter in this community will join
with those of their present home
in extending their sympathies.'
News came a few days ago that
Mr. Porter was very ill, being
threatened with pneumonia, where
upon his brother-in-law, Mr. J. w.
Vaughan, went to Augusta to be
with him.
Birthday of a Great Work-
George Washington’s birthday
occurs Monday next, the 22d, On
this day, five years ago, The Geor
gia Industrial Home for unfortu
nate children, five miles from
Macon, opened the doors of its first
cottage, (Faith Cottage) with three
children. The Home had no capi
tal stock save the faith of its
founder in God and humanity, and
since that time it has cared for over
two hundred children, and now
has one hundred and fifty under its
protection. These children came
from more than forty counties in
the State of Georgia,an i this great
home stands between these little
ones and destruction. It is,
today, the most remarkable,
as well as the most pathetic
charity in the State of Georgia. It
nnv requires an expenditure of
nearly SIO,OOO a year to pay its
current expenses. Its miraculous
success is a credit to our common
humanity, and expresses the faith
of its founder, Rev. W. R. Mum
ford. It is still struggling finan
cially and stands in actual need of
constant help. It has been endors
e ’ by every fraternity and every
church, as well as all classes of
people in the state. Its founder.
Rev. W. E. Mumford, has issued
an appeal which should reach all
hearts, and it is to be hoped that
many people in Georgia will, at
least find it in their hearts to send
to him by postoffice order at Macon,
Ga , on next Monday the sum of $1
as a birthday offering for each year
this wonderful charity has existed.
Better Thau Gold.
“I was troubled for several years
with chronic indigestion aud ner
vous debility,” writes F J- Green,
of Lancaster, N. H. “No remedy
helped me until I began using
Electric Bitters, which did me
more good than all the medicines
I ever used. They have also kept
my wife in excellent health for
years. She says Electric Bitters
are just splendid for female troub
-1 -s; that they are a grand tonic
and invigorator for weak, run-down
women. No other medicine can
take its place in our family.” Try
them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guar
anteed by Young Bros.
°fst,e’ s Early Risers
The famous Ifttle pills..
DEATH CLAIMS SENATOR HANNA
Ohio Statesman Passed Away Mon
day Evening at 6:40 O’clock.
Washington, Feb- 15. —Senator
Marcus Alonzo Hanna died at 6:40
o’clock this evening at the family
apartments in the Arlington hotel
after an illness extending over
ne *rly two months, filled with
apparent recoveries, followed by
relapses and finally drifting into
typhoid fever, which in his weak
ened condition he was unable to
withstand.
When the end came all the mem
bers of the senator’s family were
in the room except Mrs. Hanna,
the senator’s wife, and Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Hanna. Mrs. Hanna
had left the room only a few
minutes before. The last sinking
spell began at exactly 6:30 o’clock.
Drs. Carter and Osier were then in
attendance.
They did not conceal the iact
that life was about to end, aud all
members of the family were sent
for. Mrs, McCormick, one of the
senator’s daughters, and Miss
Phelps were present when the end
came, Mr. aud Mrs. Dan Hanna
were the first to arrive, and they
withdrew immediately to the
chamber of the senator’s wife to
summon her to the bedside. It
was while they were absent, the
senator breathed his last.
SKETCH OF SENATOR HANNA.
Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna
was born as Lisbon, Columbiana
county, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1837, being
the son of Leonard aud Samantha
Hanna. He is descended from
Quaker emigrants to Virginia, and
from Scotch Presbyterian settlers
in Vermont. His father was a
physician, and later a merchant
of Cleveland, Ohio, whither the
family removed in 1852. The son
was educated in the public schools
and entered Western Reserve
academy, but never finished the
course, being forced to discontinue
on account of the illness of his
father. He afterwards entered the
employ of Hanna Garretson & Cos.,
of which firm his father had been
senior partner. He assumed con
trol of his father’s interest, but the
firnr dissolved in 1867 and he
associated himself with the firm of
Rhodes • & Cos., successors to
Rhodes, Card & Cos., the pioneer
coal and iron firm of Cleveland,
He retained this connection until
1877, when he became senior part
ner, the firm name being changed
to M. A. Hanna & Cos., with which
he was, until his death, identified.
IN THE SENATE.
Having carried to a successful
issue the campaign of 1896, Mr.
Hanna was appointed by Gov.
Bushnell, of Ohio, March 2, 1897,
United States senator to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of John Sherman, and to this seat
he was re-elected in 1898, for the
term expiring in 1905. He was
recently re-elected by an over
whelming vote. He was director
in the Globe Ship Manufacturing
company; president of the Cleve
land City Railway company and
the Chapin Mining company, and
was, by appointment of President
Cleveland,in 1885, director of the
Union Pacific Railway company.
Quillian-Combs-
Miss Leila A.. Combs and Mr.
O. L. Quillian, of Atlanta, Ga.,
were quietly married by Rev. L.
E. Crouch last evening at the
home of the bride’s father, Mr. M.
S. Combs, on Euclid avenue, only
members of the bride’s family wit
nessing the ceremony.
The bride was beautiful in a
costume of champagne cloth, with
a wedding bouquet formed of white
carnations. The house decorations
carried out the bridal colors of
white and green, and a buffet
supper was served. Mr. and Mrs.
Quillian leave shortly for their
tuture home in Georgia.—Nash
ville Banner.
The groom is a former resident
of Cartersville and has many
friends here who wish him and his
bride a happy matrimonial voyage.
Notice*
By request of member' of the
republican Executive Committee
of Bartow County, I hereby call a
mass meeting to convene in Car
tersvtlle, Georgia, Tuesday, Feb
ruary 23rd at one o’clock, p. m.
for the purpose of electing a chair
man, and to also elect delegates to
attend the Republican State Con
vention that meets in Atlanta,
Georgia, March 23, 1904.
A full attendance of the legal
voters in our party is respectfully
requested.
W. C. Savington, Secretary.
Adairsville, Ga., Feb. 12, 1904.
The Place to Buy.
Money Back If You Want It,
BUYING ORDINARY GOODS
Is like getting - lost in a crowd. When you are found
again you don’t know yourself. Don’t sink your per
sonality into that of hundreds of others, and place
money where values are only on the surface.
Study values right, with cost and amount of labor,
and ask yourself, ‘‘which will give me the best service.”
If our goods are not to liking and representations
not to your interest bring them back—your money
awaits you.
BUYERS OF EMBROIDERIES
Here are assured of exclusiveness in design and good
quality—the two most important points of good em
broidery. If you’ll critically examine the muslin work
and finish the price will appear low —if you know
embroideries.
WILD FIRE
Modestly expresses the rapidity with which our shoe
stock is being consumed. While they go out of the
ftont door in pairs, we receive them by the case at the
rear. Stock kept new and fresh and you can get relia
ble wearers for the same price you pay for ordinary
pairs elsewhere. Do you want good shoes? Ask us
for them.
AMONG THE WEEKS ARRIVALS.
Heavy close woven China Matting beautiful neat
patterns at to 30 cents.
Early spring styles in men’s hats, new shapes,
popular colors, priced at figures that make them go
1.00, 1.50, 2.50 and 3.00.
A great assortment of new White Quilts bought
before the advance. Now is the time to get values
75c, 100, 1.50, 2.00 and 3.50.
Queen Quality Shoes, spring styles tor ladies.
If you need anew hat, latest style, best quality, ste
Vaughan’s of course.
The embroidery sale at Vaughan’s don’t stop, there
you get the best.
A few odd blankets to close it a price—Vaughan.
Another pants sale —values to your interest —
Vaughan.
Buy White Quilts at Vaugl an’s.
The best 36 inch black Taffeta on the market at
I. Where? Vaughan’s.
J. VAUGHAN & CO.
YOU WILL BREAK
A few pieces of You •' lb 1 mgings in
Crockery and Glassware, no matter
liow careful you are. When you do,
we are prepared to replenish your
stock with the strong, stylish kind.
We have an elegant assortment of
China, Crockery and Glassware that
we would like to have you see.
CALHOUN BROS.
JELICO COAL IS BEST
DOMESTIC
STEAM
AND
WASHED
BLACKSMITH
COALS
365 DAYS
IN THE TEAR.
THEGILREATHCO.
PAUL GILREATH, Manager.
Phone 73. p. o. Box 35
Makes the hottest tire and will keep
you warm when the veather is cold.
I hat’s what you want. Futhermore,
we always have it. We are never
out of coal. You can depend upon
your order being filled if placed with
us. Ail coal said from our yards is
thoroughly forked and all dust coal
removed therefrom. You get clean
coal from us and get it when you
want it. 1 here is not a pound of
Jellico Coal in this city for sale out
side of our yards. We handle cheap
er coals also. Prices according to
grade.
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